City Eagles to take Peshawar Sarkar in Peshawar Football League
City Eagles defeated Khyber Agency Azmaray while DC Peshawar Sarkar outsmarted Qisa Khawani Darwash in the ongoing Peshawar Football League 2017 at Qayyum Sports Complex, Peshawar.
City Eagles in the 1st semifinal recorded victory against Khyber Agency Azmaray on penalty shootout by 5-4. Crowed cheered both the teams in the thrilling encounter. Khyber Agency takes lead first through the beautiful goal Kamil Khan who got the pass from mid-fielder Yasin and he dispatched the ball in the net to make score 1-0.
After the lead, Khyber Agency started pressurizing City Eagles and time and again advanced on their goal post but could not convert any further goal. After sometime, City Eagles pulled them up with good aggressive approach. Eagles displayed good play but could not managed to equalize the score during the 1st half. Meanwhile, Khyber Agency missed couple of easy chances to convert goal.
It was the second session in which City Eagles dominated the proceedings and succeeded in leveling the tally through right winger Umairzeb on the field attempt. Both the teams further tried hard on each other’s post but did not succeed in their efforts and went to 15 minute extra time.
After the 15-minut extra-time, both were awarded five each penalty kicks on which Salman and Imran missed the target for Khyber Agency Azmaray while Haris failed to score on his attempt, thus City Eagles won the match by 5-4 and moved to the final. DC Peshawar Sarkar.
In the second seminal, Peshawar Sarkar ousted Qisa Khawani Darwash by 2-1 to reach into the final. Additional Commissioner Miss Sara graced the occasion as chief guest and before the start of the semi-final the players of both DC Pesahwar Sarkar and Qisa Khawani Darwash were introduced to her. Organizing Secretary Gul Haider, international footballer Basit Kamal, Faisal Khan, Haji Hidayat Ullah and large number of spectators were also present.
The match was started on fast tempo as Qisar Khawani Darwash took the lead in the 13th minute through Taimur Khan on the field attempt and soon Khalid tied the tally 1-1. The two teams were tied 1-1 till the end of the first session play. In the second half of the game, both the teams attacked on each other’s post and crowed witnessed some great moves from the players. In the dying moments of the 2nd half, Hamza Shinwari netted the second and decisive goal for and make the score 2-1 for Peshawar Sarkar.
The final of the Peshawar Football League is scheduled to be played on Tuesday at 1.00 PM with Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner Peshawar will grace the occasion as guests. They will also distribute cash prizes and trophies among the winners and runners-up.
